Comments on: SXSWi advice wanted http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/ Web standards, accessibility and such like with a bias toward Government web sites Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Robert Nyman http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3676 Robert Nyman Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:05:05 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3676 Carl took fantastic care of me and my friends at SXSW 2006, so whatever he says, listen to him! :-) Carl took fantastic care of me and my friends at SXSW 2006, so whatever he says, listen to him! :-)

]]> By: Carl http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3457 Carl Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:13:37 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3457 Hi, I found your site from Robert Nyman's site. I'm hoping you'll enjoy your visit to Austin for SXSWi. Here's a bit of advice that I can offer. SXSWi is held at the convention center. The Convention Center address is on Cesar Chavez (1st street) but the entrance we'll use is more like 3rd and Neches if that helps. All the close hotels appear to be booked already. If you're in reasonably good shape then both the Embassy Suites and Hyatt Regency are within "walking distance." Both the Hyatt and Embassy Suites are just south of the Congress Avenue bridge which is home to 1.2M Mexican Freetail bats. They're quite a site when they come out at sundown. After those two hotels, the next best are NORTH of the Capitol and quite some distance away. If you end up going for hotels further out and driving in, email me for advice on those. Parking was $7 per day at the convention center lot last year with two in-outs permitted each day. Keep your receipt. Post-convention activities last year centered around the Warehouse District (4th and Colorado and environs) and East 6th Street is where the nightclubs are if that is of interest. Hi, I found your site from Robert Nyman’s site. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy your visit to Austin for SXSWi. Here’s a bit of advice that I can offer. SXSWi is held at the convention center. The Convention Center address is on Cesar Chavez (1st street) but the entrance we’ll use is more like 3rd and Neches if that helps. All the close hotels appear to be booked already.

If you’re in reasonably good shape then both the Embassy Suites and Hyatt Regency are within “walking distance.” Both the Hyatt and Embassy Suites are just south of the Congress Avenue bridge which is home to 1.2M Mexican Freetail bats. They’re quite a site when they come out at sundown. After those two hotels, the next best are NORTH of the Capitol and quite some distance away. If you end up going for hotels further out and driving in, email me for advice on those. Parking was $7 per day at the convention center lot last year with two in-outs permitted each day. Keep your receipt.

Post-convention activities last year centered around the Warehouse District (4th and Colorado and environs) and East 6th Street is where the nightclubs are if that is of interest.

]]> By: Nat http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3444 Nat Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:25:32 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3444 No. You are definitely crazy. :-) No. You are definitely crazy.

:-)

]]> By: Tuna http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3161 Tuna Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:49:56 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2006/sxswi-advice-wanted/#comment-3161 Nup, you aren't crazy, just going to be very poor at the end of it all. I would put my hand up... but finances and the like and business commitments etc... You will be expected to give a full debrief to all us poor people back in Perth... Lucky bugger! Nup, you aren’t crazy, just going to be very poor at the end of it all. I would put my hand up… but finances and the like and business commitments etc… You will be expected to give a full debrief to all us poor people back in Perth… Lucky bugger!

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